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No Benefit of Adding Thoracic Manipulation to Core Exercise Training and Education for Low Back Pain

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April 2021

No Benefit of Adding Thoracic Manipulation to Core Exercise Training and Education for Low Back Pain

Vol: 16| Issue: 1| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Short-term Effects of Thoracic Spine Thrust Manipulation, Exercise, and Education in Individuals With Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2020 Jan;50(1): 24-32.

Contributing Authors:
LR Fisher BA Alvar SF Maher JA Cleland

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One hundred and one patients diagnosed with low back pain (LBP) who underwent 3 sessions of core stabilization exercise and education were randomized to undergo additional thoracic manipulation (n=52) or sham manipulation (n=49). Outcomes of interest included the following: pain using numeric pain-rating scale (NPRS), disability measured using the modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (MODQ),...

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